Critics of our region, including some federal officials, claimed after Hurricane Katrina that much aid sent our way would be wasted. As it turns out, the biggest squanderer of all has been the federal government itself -- and any waste should not be tolerated. The latest report on the government's post-storm waste is taking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to task for squandering $45.9 million in four massive no-bid contracts handed out after Katrina. The report, by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's inspector general, said deals with politically-connected firms Shaw Group, Brechtel Group, CH2M Hill Companies and Fluor Corp....
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